Staff Software Engineer
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Staff Software Engineer who leads architecture and high-impact projects, writing production-ready code to scale systems and enable product innovation.
About this role
Merge is the leading provider of agentic tools and customer-facing integrations for frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 organizations, and B2B SaaS companies. Our platform offers three core products: Merge Unified, which enables businesses to add hundreds of integrations to their products with a single API, Merge Agent Handler, which empowers AI agents with secure access to thousands of third-party tool, and Merge Gateway, the control plane for running AI in production. Merge's enterprise-grade platform handles the entire integration lifecycle, from authentication and security to monitoring and maintenance. Thousands of companies trust Merge to accelerate product development, unblock sales, reduce customer churn, and save engineering resources—allowing them to focus on their core product.
What you will do:
Drive roadmapping and architecture discussions
Produce high-quality, production-ready, readable, maintainable code
Lead Merge's most impactful projects from initial inception to production
Unblock and support your team of peers including engineers, designers, product managers, and business operators
The ideal candidate will have:
7 - 10+ years of full-time software engineering experience
Experience with frameworks (Django, Rails, Spring, etc.)
Extensive knowledge of SQL databases (Postgres preferred)
Example projects you might work on:
Scaling Core Systems: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in our data syncing engine, lead large-scale migrations to more efficient technologies and storage solutions, and drive initiatives to increase system throughput
Product Innovation: Design flexible syncing paradigms that support advanced customization across model normalization, scheduling, data filtering, and API rate limit handling
New Revenue Streams: Partner with Product to ideate, prototype, and validate entirely new product lines or feature categories that unlock growth opportunities
Compensation
The cash compensation range for this role is $210,000 - $250,000
Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, and certifications. In addition to cash compensation, all full time employees receive an equity compensation package
Merge on the Rise:
Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups 2023
G2 Fastest Growing Products 2024
Benefits
Unlimited PTO + 10 company holidays
Pre-Tax commuter benefits
100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance
401K Plan
$200 one-time home office stipend
In office snacks and free dinner when working past 7pm
Annual company offsites and quarterly team events. Past locations have included: Nashville, Sonoma, and the Hudson Valley
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